The Norwegian Ambassador Geir Pedersen on Monday takes office as the special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria. G. Pedersen was appointed to the post of UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, on 31 October 2018, after predecessor G. Pedersen, Staffan de Mistura — has announced his retirement. A. Guterres noted that “Mr. Pedersen will support the parties in Syria, contributing to a comprehensive and credible political solution that meets the democratic aspirations of the

Kurt Volker / REUTERSСпецпредставитель the Department of state Kurt Volker told how the West responds to Maritime aggression of Russia against Ukraine. He said this in an interview with TSN. Read tachipirina: UN resolution on Crimea – a clear signal to Russia “The most important thing that can make the United States, is to convince them that we have a common transatlantic response to this new Russian aggression. The image of this conflict as a Russian-American will not

REUTERS The special representative, U.S. Department of State in the Affairs Kurt Volker hopes to negotiate with Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov date of their meeting in the next few weeks. Read takeonesecond “elections” in the Donbass should be abolished – Volker As the correspondent of the UNIAN reports, the US special envoy said during a telephone briefing for European journalists from Washington. “We both rely on willingness to meet in the next few weeks. We have no

Special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Syria Staffan de Mistura on Wednesday, will arrive in Damascus to convince the Syrian government to agree to the establishment of a Committee drafting a new Constitution for the post-war period, Western media reported with reference to the representative of the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq. According to him, Staffan de Mistura, will remain in Damascus “for a couple of days.” He did not specify who exactly will be negotiating, and whether the

Walker assured that the U.S. will continue to put pressure on Russia / photo by UNIAN Special representative of State Department of the United States of America concerning the Affairs Kurt Volker said that the United States will continue to exert pressure on Russia with the aim of resolving the situation in Ukraine. This was the American diplomat said during a speech at a think tank Atlantic Council in Washington. Read taurasia occupation forced the Ukrainians to demand recognition of

Kurt Volker / REUTERS Special representative of State Department of the United States of America concerning the Affairs Kurt Volker said that the United States supports the desire of Ukrainians to the recognition of their own single national Church. As the correspondent of the UNIAN reports, the US special envoy said during a telephone press briefing in Brussels. In particular, he was asked about the warnings from the representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, the independence of

American actor Steven Seagal, who received in 2016, the Russian citizenship was appointed the special representative of the Russian foreign Ministry on issues of Russian-American humanitarian ties, the Russian foreign Ministry on his page on Facebook. “The goal was to promote the further development of Russian — American relations in the humanitarian sphere, including cooperation in the sphere of culture, art, public and youth exchanges and so on”, — informs the foreign Ministry. We

Until 2012 Igor Rurikovich worked at the plant superintendent, and his political career began after during the “straight line” with Vladimir Putin has offered “to come with the men and defend their stability” during the unrest in Moscow. During the presidential campaign Kholmanskikh became a confidant of Putin, and after his election – envoy. On Tuesday the decree of the President dismissed 49-year-old Igor Kholmanskikh from the post of Ambassador. It was replaced by presidential aide